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Throw 'em on the wall and see what sticks....
Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:17 am

The other day, I was in the living room, paying only furtive attention to the television. At the time, my kids were watching this relatively harmless show about a teenage girl and her two friends who puts on their own comedy-variety "web show" called "iCarly." In this particular episode, the gang was running a contest where each kid hurled a frosting-laden cupcake against a door, and the winner was the one who's cupcake stayed stuck to the door the longest.

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There's still a Stoops looking for a title..
Sun Nov 08, 2009 3:01 pm

Just when you thought it was safe to say that no coach named Stoops would be competing for a conference title in 2009, a Stanford henpecking of Oregon spun a storm in the desert that has put an unexpected contender into the fray of the Pac 10.

Don't look now, but Mike Stoops' Arizona Wildcats are poised to make a run at the conference throneroom.

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For Whom the Ball Bounces
Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:52 am

Pachinko is a Japanese gambling machine that seems the bizarre offspring of an evil scientist's union of a 50's pinball machine and Vegas-style one-armed bandit. These wall-mounted moneymakers sling a varying number of nearly identical small steel balls through a circular maze of pins and holes, causing them to bounce wildly before (mostly) disappearing, right along with a player's money. A precious few bounce into magic places that tease the promise of later, greater fortune, while most simply bounce into oblivion. The final bouncing destiny of any one ball is anyone's guess.

I've just about come to the conclusion that's where college football is headed in 2009.

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